rpattabi/stuff_on_top_of_ubuntu.md

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    Stuff to install or setup on top of default ubuntu installation
Launcher

Remove libre office. Add ..

Update Manager
System Monitor
Terminal

unnecessary applications


thunderbird

MUST HAVE

gimp scribus inkscape vim-gnome git-core curl build-essential keepassx storebackup smplayer wine aptitude terminator
games


gnotravex hex-a-hop gnotski supertuxkart gtans gnect
puzzle-moppet
babaschess
scid stockfish
ICOfy chess games collection

Firefox

Favorite addons collection

ad-block plus
itsalltext! Also need to apply this workaround
Dictionary ToolTip
feedly
pocket

EXPERIMENTAL

scantailor gmusicbrowser anki artha kalvaro krita mono-complete monodevelop
unity-lens-wikipedia unity-lens-askubuntu
coffeescript --> nodejs npm & npm install -g coffee-script
java?
tomighty
visualruby
ubuntu-restricted-extras <-- not sure now if the option is selected during ubuntu os installation.
Firefox


print edit

games


pychess numptyphysics lightsoff bovo pioneers smc palapeli pathological
circular-chaos

SETUP


grub theme burg -- how to
firefox preferences -- content --> don't allow sites to use their own fonts. Looks better.
firefox setup sync
nautilus - Favourites (/tmp, /mnt/backup2tb)
ubuntu one setup
keepassx : security - lock database after __ seconds of inactivity  (300 seconds?)
transmission blocklist level1
flash player fix -- http://askubuntu.com/a/131040/1476  <-- didn't require it after ubuntu reinstallation
storebackup  ??
vi/vim style for terminal -- update ~/.bashrc with set -o vi

drive access for all users

references:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/52584/shared-folders-for-all-users
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/12842/make-all-new-files-in-a-directory-accessible-to-a-group

steps:

edit /etc/fstab. Ensure all the drive/partition has  /dev/sda1 /mnt/music ext4 defaults,errors=remount-ro,acl 1 2
unmount to activate acl. mount -o remount,acl /mnt/music
create a new user group. addgroup kutties
add users to the group. gpasswd -a ragu kutties and gpasswd -a ananth kutties
add permissions to the group for the existing stuff. setfacl -Rm g:kutties:rwX /mnt/music
add permissions to the group for the new files in future. setfacl -d -Rm g:kutties:rwX /mnt/music

Tamil typing support

sudo apt-get install m17n-db m17n-contrib ibus-m17n

ibus-setup

choose ibus as the input method in 'System > Language Support'

in order to have this automatically started on start up im-switch -s ibus

Details here
vim


Install vim-gnome
Install vundle from github. https://github.com/gmarik/vundle

vim bundles


mattn/gist-vim -- helps to use vim for working with github gists
unimpaired -- adds easy way to add blank line without going into
insert mode
fugitive -- do git within vim

settings

Update gvim startup settings with
# ~/.vimrc

colorscheme kellys or colorscheme desert
set guifont=Ubuntu\ Mono\ 12

Following was required to be added for ~/.bashrc since gvim took time to start
function gvim() { (/usr/bin/gvim -f "$@" &) }

ruby

rvm installation -- http://www.andrehonsberg.com/article/install-rvm-ubuntu-1204-linux-for-ruby-193

install -- rvm requirements

vim for ruby -- https://github.com/carlhuda/janus
sudo apt-get install build-essential git-core openssl libreadline6 libreadline6-dev curl git-core zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev autoconf libc6-dev ncurses-dev automake libtool bison subversion pkg-config exuberant-ctags ack

curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --auto #there is --ruby option to install it along with a given ruby
echo '[[ -s "/home/rpattabi/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "/home/rpattabi/.rvm/scripts/rvm"' >> ~/.bashrc  # not sure if this is required
source ~/.bashrc  
type rvm | head -1  # this should say rvm is a function  

rvm pkg install openssl  
rvm install 1.9.3 --with-openssl-dir=$HOME/.rvm/usr  
rvm use 1.9.3 --default  
rmdir $rvm_path/usr/ssl/certs
ln -s /etc/ssl/certs $rvm_path/usr/ssl

curl -Lo- https://bit.ly/janus-bootstrap | bash
gem install newgem
jruby

reference - https://rvm.io/interpreters/jruby/
rvm requirements # and install the prerequisites for jruby
rvm install jruby --1.9


music visualization

projectm -- sudo apt-get install projectm-pulseaudio

recording visualizations -- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1497453 and http://www.isep.ipp.pt/roswiki/RecordingOpenGLAppsWithGLC.html

glc -- https://github.com/nullkey/glc/wiki/Install

Installing from debian -- add ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian wheezy main (don't forget to remove after installating)
slideshow video


imagination -- good easy to use software, but lacking good defaults (e.g. ken burns feature is available but should be manually added)
photofilmstrip -- good defaults. Can render video right away. But lacking many features. But this is good enough for most purposes.

Steps to use photo film strip

sudo aptitude install photofilmstrip
create a new project. Use 16:9 ratio. Don't bother with total time or audio. (Audio file length becomes total time of the video). This gives approx 7 seconds for a picture with ken burn. This is good enough.
Add images to the project
Selecting an image shows it in right and left panes. With boxes we can customize the ken burn size and direction. Ensure that the left side image is covered fully by the box. Right side image could have the box with the focussed zone of the image or based on the direction of the image. (e.g. mountain images could go from bottom to top i.e. to the sky, macro mode images could ken burned to the focussed point, birds flying images could go to flying direction)
It is also possible to change the transition effect and the duration per image.
It is also possible to rearrange the images.
To get an idea, render (tick icon) in 'draft' mode. The rendering goes on in the job queue tab.
Once images, order, ken burn, duration, video quality and format are finalized, give the final render. Preferably HD, PAL, AVI, XVid. This seems to take a lot of time.
Since there is no good way to add caption (there is one but it is through srt file), and music (there is an obscure way with very little control), use the output in softwares like kdenlive to get these stuff done.